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Williston’s wasp fly - Sphiximorpha willistoni - female

Williston’s wasp fly - Sphiximorpha willistoni - Female
Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
May 21, 2021
Found feeding on Black Locust flowers. This is my favorite syrphid! Thought I’d never find it, but I found this female and a male tonight in the same area of my yard. The male was perching on a sunny log. Specimen collected. A very cool, rare fly.

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Williston’s wasp fly - Sphiximorpha willistoni - female Williston’s wasp fly - Sphiximorpha willistoni - female

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